Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Friday, January 27, 2006
Rehumanize Yourself (start by helping Rosemarie Jackowski)
Before I get to what I had planned to post today, I’d like to once again tell you about Rosemarie Jackowski (RMJ).
Click here for her story: http://urlsnip.com/215790
Ideas and suggestions are welcome.
Also you might want to post this info your blog and/or send e-mails to:
1. Dick Sears, Chairman of the State Judiciary Committee:
2. Speaker of the State House, Gaye Symington:
I’ll use that as a convenient segue into a little rehumanizing...
Sting sez: “I work all day at the factory/I’m building a machine that’s not for me/There must be a reason that I can’t see/You’ve got to humanize yourself”
(from “Rehumanize Yourself")
In a society where health care is just another commodity, it can be difficult to figure out exactly what “health” is. To begin with, we should consider what it’s not. Health is not merely the absence of disease. It’s not something that can be measured by how much you bench press, and it’s definitely not something that can be bought at the supermarket or drug store...labeled: low-fat, all-natural, or miracle cure.
Charles Bukowski sez: “Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you’re gonna lose everything ... there has to be great pauses between highs, where you do nothing at all ... How many people do this in modern society? Very few. That’s why they’re all totally mad, frustrated, angry, and hateful ... So, yeah, leisure. And I don’t mean having profound thoughts. I mean having no thoughts at all. Without thoughts of progress, without any self-thoughts of trying to further yourself ... It’s beautiful.”
Thomas Edison sez: “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his [or her] patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
Clearly, Edison’s “future” has yet to arrive, so it is up to each of us to step up and accept responsibility for our own physical and mental health. While some call this New Age, it might be helpful to remember that the “natural” approach dates back at least 5000 years. What’s new is stuff like managed care, crash diets, and information-age stress.
Majid Ali, M.D. (http://www.majidali.com) sez: “Health is waking up fresh, with a deep sense of spirituality without a need to define what spirituality is. Health is waking up with a sense of gratitude. Health is waking up with a sense of energy. Health is going through your day’s work with the same sense of energy. Health is feeling as well before you eat as after. Health is freedom from anger. Health is being gracious to people you report to for your work and being kind to the people who report to you for their work. Health is being able to have a language of silence-being by yourself without any compulsions to do things. Health is being able to have some family time. And eventually, health is being able to eliminate two or three times a day, with a bowel transit time of 8 to 12 hours. The recovery process is going to be slow and sustained. Years of devastation cannot be undone by one exotic potion, herb, or nutrient. It’s more of a philosophic approach to life that helps you make the choices you need to make.”
Kurt Vonnegut sez: “We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.”
(Thanks, Keir)
What ideas do you have?
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